Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

"What can I do? If none of you want the imperial seal, then I have to give it to you."

Ye Jintang looked at Bai Hanyi and several court officials who opposed her reign with embarrassment.

Her meaning was very clear. If they dared to continue to oppose, she, Ye Jintang, would have other tricks up her sleeve to deal with them. If they tried to play tricks on her, they would just have to live a few more lives.

However, Ye Jintang still underestimated Bai Hanyi and other old ministers with conservative ideas. They tried every possible means to prevent her from taking power.

"Your Majesty, you can keep the Imperial Seal first. If the court needs it, you can ask for it later."

Bai Hanyi immediately gave a solution, and Ye Jintang was so angry that she laughed. It turned out that he treated her as the keeper of the imperial seal.

"How can that be possible? I don't know anything about the documents, so how can I stamp the imperial seal? If something goes wrong, will it be my fault or yours, Lord Bai?"

Ye Jintang's pair of beautiful eyes swept lightly over all the court officials present with a neutral look.

"In addition to handing over the imperial seal to me, the emperor also asked me to review the memorials on his behalf. Sir Bai, I wonder if you can also review this memorial on his behalf."

"You can ask the six ministries and the Censorate to review the memorials together."

"Master Bai, if you want to review memorials, please don't drag us into it. There are so many affairs in the court every day. You can't have seven people review each memorial. Then we should just live in the palace in the future. There are so many memorials and we can't review them all if we do nothing for 12 hours a day."

Lu Qixian gave Bai Hanyi a look of disdain. He just didn't understand. Why couldn't they accept Queen Ye, who was such a powerful woman?

Apart from anything else, Queen Ye alone solved the problem of the empty treasury. Even a hundred Bai Hanyis combined would not be able to do it.

He is not good at making money, but he is good at spending ten times as much money. Yesterday, he was seen delivering a document to the Ministry of Revenue, saying that the autumn harvest was about to begin and the emperor would lead his court officials to offer sacrifices to heaven and pray for the people.

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven needs to be held in a lively manner. The Ministry of Works needs to repair the altar and several surrounding palaces. It is temporarily estimated that 80 taels of silver will be needed. I hope the Ministry of Revenue can transfer the silver to him as soon as possible.

Bai Hanyi was really dreaming in broad daylight. In his opinion, 80 taels of silver was as easy as falling from the sky. Let alone 80 taels, he would not give him even 8 taels.

When Lord Cai saw that Bai Hanyi was holding on to Ye Jintang, he quickly stepped forward. It was only a matter of time before Ye Jintang took the throne. Xiao Mo valued her, and others might not know it, but he was very clear about it.

Bai Hanyi was obsessed with this matter and was afraid that he would get into trouble.

"Master Bai, the Empress has been discussing matters in the Imperial Study and is very familiar with the political affairs of the court. It is no problem for the Emperor to rush south and let the Empress attend the court."

"Although our ancestors of the Qin Kingdom had a precept that women in the harem should not interfere in government affairs, that was also for the sake of the stability of the court, for fear that women in the harem would interfere in government affairs and disrupt political affairs."

"With Her Majesty the Queen in charge, such problems will not arise naturally. Lord Bai and the others can rest assured."

Lord Cai's words still carry some weight in the court, but Bai Hanyi is a stubborn person who is determined to make things difficult for Ye Jintang.

Even if he is unreasonable, he can still make some sense.

"Mr. Cai is wrong. The Queen is a woman after all. She has only been involved in government affairs for the past two years. She is definitely not as good as us old ministers in handling government affairs."

Bai Hanyi stiffened his neck and refused to give in.

"I still say the same thing. Women in the harem are not allowed to interfere in government affairs. Please don't attend court, Your Majesty."

"Since Lord Bai is so persistent, there is nothing I can do."

"Master Bai is old and has long reached the age to retire and return home. The emperor sympathizes with Master Bai's contributions to the court over the years and has granted him a hundred acres of fertile land and a thousand taels of gold."

"As for who will take the position of Minister of Works, Lord Cai and the others will discuss it and draw up a list. I will choose one from the list."

After Ye Jintang finished speaking, all the court officials present were dumbfounded. They never expected that Ye Jintang would so blatantly dismiss the Minister of Works Bai Hanyi.

"Empress, I don't know whether this is what the Empress wants or what the Emperor wants."

"The emperor personally wrote an imperial edict to me. I have the right to dismiss the officials of the court."

As he spoke, Liu Yin took out the imperial edict that he had prepared long ago and showed it to the ministers present.

Lord Cai took a look at the imperial edict and admired Ye Jintang very much.

She seemed to have anticipated everything that would happen today. No matter what tricks Bai Hanyi played, she could deal with it calmly. With this ability, he would fully support her participation in government affairs.

After reading the imperial edict, Bai Hanyi's hands were shaking with anger. He did not expect Ye Jintang to be so ruthless. She dismissed him from his official position just because he opposed her taking the throne. He could not accept this at all.

But there was no room for maneuver at this moment, and Ye Jintang could not take back what he had said.

So on the first day of Ye Jintang's reign, he sent the Minister of Works back to his hometown.

Now, those officials who followed Bai Hanyi and opposed Ye Jintang's reign have finally calmed down.

They hold lower official positions, so it is a piece of cake for Ye Jintang to deal with them.

It is quite interesting to say that in the past, Ye Jintang would hold small banquets in the palace every once in a while to communicate with the ladies.

At every banquet, there would be ladies who would try to persuade Ye Jintang in a roundabout way, asking her to persuade Xiao Mo that the harem cannot be left empty all the time, and it would be better to select more noble ladies to enter the palace to give Xiao Mo more children. In this way, Ye Jintang could also gain a reputation as a virtuous woman.

Whenever Ye Jintang heard similar remarks, she was too lazy to say anything more to them. Their minds had been imprisoned. In their eyes, women could only live in the backyard and the harem. As for that damn reputation of virtue, she didn't even want to say a word.

Because even if she said it, others wouldn't listen, and they might even say behind her back that she was jealous.

But since Ye Jintang came to power, whenever similar banquets were held in the palace, there would be no more noble ladies nagging in her ears and saying things she didn't like to hear.

There is a huge difference in power between the Empress who rules the country and the Empress who only manages the harem. The ladies with royal titles also know that if they cause trouble for Ye Jintang again, their husbands who are officials will most likely be angered.

Ye Jintang felt the charm of power again, and her ears were finally at peace.

After Xiao Mo left the capital, he would send Ye Jintang a pigeon letter almost every other day. Even if there was an occasional delay, it would never exceed five days.

But recently Xiao Mo's carrier pigeon messages have obviously decreased. Ye Jintang felt puzzled. Xiao Mo had just arrived in Tanqu Prefecture. Even if he was busy, he wouldn't not write her any letters for five days?